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On Townsend Street, in Bidston Hill
What it's like at CH41 7BJ: every home that has sold on Townsend Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Townsend Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 25, Townsend StreetOther | May 2024 | £100,000 | 65 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27, Townsend StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £60,000 | 69 m² | £870/m² | 1 |
| 29, Townsend StreetSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £19,000 | 64 m² | £297/m² | 1 |
| 31, Townsend StreetTerraced | Jan 2019 | £62,000 | 72 m² | £861/m² | 3 |
| 39, Townsend StreetTerraced | Aug 2022 | £96,000 | 64 m² | £1,500/m² | 4 |
| 41, Townsend StreetTerraced | Nov 2024 | £74,000 | 68 m² | £1,088/m² | 3 |
| 43, Townsend StreetTerraced | Mar 2002 | £30,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 47, Townsend StreetTerraced | Oct 2025 | £123,560 | 71 m² | £1,740/m² | 3 |
| 51, Townsend StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £46,000 | 57 m² | £807/m² | 3 |
| 53, Townsend StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2021 | £45,000 | 62 m² | £726/m² | 3 |
| 55, Townsend StreetTerraced | Jun 2023 | £75,000 | 64 m² | £1,172/m² | 4 |
| 57, Townsend StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £75,000 | 61 m² | £1,230/m² | 1 |
| 61, Townsend StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £27,500 | 63 m² | £437/m² | 2 |
| 63, Townsend StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £75,000 | 66 m² | £1,136/m² | 3 |
| 65, Townsend StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2023 | £94,472 | 65 m² | £1,453/m² | 5 |
| 67, Townsend StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £110,000 | 67 m² | £1,642/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Birkenhead North, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 944k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Central.
The nearest bus stop is Townsend Street, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 627, 633, 811); 45 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Weatherhead High School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 41.9 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: St Anselm's College (1.9 km) and Upton Hall School FCJ (2.7 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 50 m away; Iceland (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Paxton Medical Group (950 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Miami Tan is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Arrowe Park Hospital, 4.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Open Door Cafe, St James Centre is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and North Star Public House the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 167 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 23 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 44% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 200 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ilchester Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Bidston Sports and Activity Centre (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Wallasey, 3.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 53 km.
27 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Birkenhead constituency: Alison McGovern MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,798 (32.0%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 20%, Reform UK 14%, Conservative 8%.
12 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH41 7BJ →
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 41 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 52 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · about 48 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.6% | 94.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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